{"id":164,"date":"2012-03-31T18:12:59","date_gmt":"2012-03-31T17:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wilson-mark.co.uk\/?page_id=164"},"modified":"2022-01-09T00:36:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T23:36:57","slug":"z500-restoration-project-the-rebuild-part-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/wilson-mark.co.uk\/?page_id=164","title":{"rendered":"z500 Restoration Project – The Rebuild — Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Been busy tucked away in the garage for the last few weeks and the rebuild is coming along nicely.<\/p>\n

Had a few challenges, with the wrong parts being on the bike. Added a micro-fiche reader and hundreds of fiches for all types of Japanese bikes to help find the correct parts.<\/p>\n

I have sourced parts from all over the world, USA, Australia, Germany and many from the UK.<\/p>\n

Will add a few photos over the next few days of the latest stage of the project.<\/p>\n

Seat Renovation<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Stripped the seat and had it refurbished by Leighton’s in Birmingham. See for yourself the quality of their work.<\/p>\n

Staring point….<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The finished article.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Leighton’s website is: http:\/\/www.rk-leighton.co.uk\/index.html<\/p>\n

Various pictures of stuff that I have done over the last few weeks.<\/p>\n

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Amy helping me get the bodywork on\u00a0 the bike along with the new tank badges. Starting to come together. She then took a picture of me with all the bodywork on.<\/p>\n

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Easter Holiday Update…<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Done loads over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Painted the calipers<\/p>\n

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Stripped and painted the forks…<\/p>\n

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Painted the front master cylinder.<\/p>\n

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re-fitted the headlight and front forks<\/p>\n

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Painted the rear wheel cush drive.<\/p>\n

Halfords mixed the paint into a spray can, Kawasaki Firecracker Red.<\/p>\n

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